Environmental

Shearman & Sterling has an experienced, multinational group of attorneys dedicated to environmental counseling and litigation. The firm brings legal, scientific and technical capabilities to environmental issues confronting private- and public-sector clients around the world. These capabilities include regulatory advice, environmental counseling, contested matters, transactional work, legislative and public affairs, environmental management design, structuring environmental due diligence assessments, and environmental audit design and supervision.

Matters handled by the firm include representation of:

• The Government of Kuwait in its unprecedented effort to collect war reparations from Iraq for environmental damages resulting from the Gulf War
• The Government of Kazakstan in the development of oil and gas reserves in the Caspian Sea
• The Government of Mexico on environmental aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• British Steel plc on environmental costs and liabilities relating to its US operations
• Pechiney on environmental issues in the company's privatization
• Merrill Lynch Partnership Management in designing and implementing an environmental compliance program for its real estate portfolio properties in the United States
• Lazard Frères and the global underwriters on environmental issues in the privatization of the Hungarian national oil company
• Colgate-Palmolive Company on issues relating to the sale of air emission credits
• Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan state oil company, in its joint venture with Chevron for the operation of US refineries
• Alusuisse-Lonza America Inc. in its US acquisition activities, including the purchase of Wheaton Industries, Inc.